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Order of the President of the People's Republic of China

Number 24

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending Seven Laws Including the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted at the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on December 29, 2018, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.

President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China

December 29, 2018

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending Seven Laws Including the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China

(Adopted at the 7th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on December 29, 2018)

The Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress decided:

1、 Make amendments to the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China

（1） Amend the second paragraph of Article 15 from "must comply with relevant national regulations and carry out approval procedures" to "must comply with relevant national regulations".

（2） Amend the phrase 'by government approved assessment and appraisal institutions' in Article 69 to' by registered assessment and appraisal institutions'.

（3） Amend the term 'Administration for Industry and Commerce' in Article 94 to 'Market Supervision and Administration Department'.

2、 Amend the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly

（1） ｄｅｌｅｔｅ Article 43.

（2） Article 44 shall be changed to Article 43 and revised as follows: "The establishment of public welfare elderly care institutions shall be registered in accordance with the law.

The establishment of operational elderly care institutions shall be registered with the market supervision and management department.

After registration, elderly care institutions can carry out service activities and register with the civil affairs department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the county level

（3） Add one as Article 44: "Local governments at all levels shall strengthen their leadership in the management of elderly care institutions in their administrative regions and establish a comprehensive supervision system for elderly care institutions.

The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at ｏｒ above the county level are responsible for guiding, supervising, and managing elderly care institutions, while other relevant departments shall supervise elderly care institutions in accordance with their respective responsibilities

（4） Add one article as Article 45: "The civil affairs department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the county level may take the following measures to fulfill its supervisory and inspection duties in accordance with the law:

(1) Inquire about the situation from elderly care institutions and individuals;

(2) Enter suspected illegal elderly care institutions for on-site inspection;

(3) Consulting ｏｒ copying relevant contracts, bills, account books, and other relevant materials;

(4) If it is found that there may be risks to personal health and property safety in elderly care institutions, they shall be ordered to make corrections within a specified time limit. If they fail to make corrections within the specified time limit, they shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification.

The civil affairs department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the county level shall investigate the suspected illegal behavior of elderly care institutions and comply with the provisions of the Administrative Compulsory Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and administrative regulations

（5） ｄｅｌｅｔｅ Article 78.

3、 Amend the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution

（1） Amend the term "environmental protection administrative department" in Article 6, Article 10 (1), Article 11, Article 13 (2), Article 15, Article 17 (3), Article 20, Article 21 (1), Article 24 (1), Article 29, Article 42, Article 49, Article 50, Article 51, Article 52 (2), Article 55, Article 56, Article 59, Article 60 (2), and Article 61 (2) to "ecological environment administrative department".

（2） Amend the second paragraph of Article 14 from "accepted by the environmental protection administrative department that originally approved the environmental impact assessment report" to "accepted in accordance with the standards and procedures prescribed by the state".

（3） Amend the first paragraph of Article 43 from "administrative department for industry and commerce" to "market supervision and management department".

（4） Amend Article 48 from "The environmental protection administrative department that approves the environmental impact assessment report of the construction project shall order the cessation of production ｏｒ use, and may also impose a fine" to "The ecological environment department at ｏｒ above the county level shall order the rectification within a specified time limit, and impose fines on units and individuals; if it causes significant environmental pollution ｏｒ ecological damage, it shall be ordered to cease production ｏｒ use, ｏｒ with the approval of the people's government with approval authority, it shall be ordered to close down".

4、 Amend the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People's Republic of China

（1） Amend the phrase "environmental protection administrative department" in Article 6 (2), Article 9, Article 13, Article 16 (3), Article 17 (2), Article 22 (1), Article 23, Article 31, and Article 34 to "ecological environment department".

（2） Article 19 shall be amended as follows: "Construction units may entrust technical units to conduct environmental impact assessments on their construction projects, prepare environmental impact assessment reports and forms for construction projects; if construction units have the technical ability for environmental impact assessments, they may conduct environmental impact assessments on their construction projects themselves, and prepare environmental impact assessment reports and forms for construction projects.

The preparation of environmental impact assessment reports and forms for construction projects shall comply with relevant national environmental impact assessment standards, technical specifications, and other regulations.

The competent department of ecological environment under the State Council shall formulate capacity building guidelines and regulatory measures for the preparation of environmental impact assessment reports and forms for construction projects.

The technical unit entrusted to prepare the environmental impact assessment report and environmental impact assessment form for the construction unit shall not have any interest relationship with the ecological environment department ｏｒ other relevant approval departments responsible for approving the environmental impact assessment report and environmental impact assessment form of the construction project

（3） Article 20 shall be revised as follows: "The construction unit shall be responsible for the content and conclusions of the environmental impact assessment report and the environmental impact assessment form of the construction project. The technical unit entrusted to prepare the environmental impact assessment report and the environmental impact assessment form of the construction project shall bear corresponding responsibilities for the environmental impact assessment report and the environmental impact assessment form of the construction project it prepares.

The ecological environment department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the city level with districts shall strengthen the supervision, management, and quality assessment of the units that prepare the environmental impact assessment report and environmental impact assessment form for construction projects.

The ecological environment department responsible for approving the environmental impact assessment report and environmental impact assessment form of construction projects shall record the relevant illegal information of the compiling unit, the compiling host, and the main compiling personnel in the social integrity file, and include it in the national credit information sharing platform and the national enterprise credit information disclosure system for public disclosure.

No unit ｏｒ individual shall designate a technical unit to prepare environmental impact assessment reports ｏｒ forms for construction projects for the construction unit

（4） Article 28 shall be revised as follows: "The competent department in charge of ecological environment shall track and inspect the environmental impacts generated by construction projects after they are put into production ｏｒ use. If serious environmental pollution ｏｒ ecological damage is caused, the reasons shall be identified and responsibilities shall be determined. If there are serious quality problems such as obvious untrue basic information, major defects, omissions ｏｒ falsehoods in the environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form of the construction project, the construction unit and its related personnel, as well as the technical unit and its related personnel entrusted to prepare the environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form of the construction project, shall be held legally responsible in accordance with the provisions of Article 32 of this Law; If a staff member of the approval department fails to fulfill their duties and approves the environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form of a construction project that should not be approved according to law, they shall be held legally responsible in accordance with Article 34 of this Law

（5） Article 32 shall be amended as follows: "If the environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form of a construction project has serious quality problems such as obvious untrue basic information, significant defects, omissions ｏｒ falsehoods in content, incorrect ｏｒ unreasonable environmental impact assessment conclusions, etc., the ecological environment department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the city level shall impose a fine of not less than 500000 yuan but not more than 2 million yuan on the construction unit, and impose a fine of not less than 50000 yuan but not more than 200000 yuan on the legal representative, main person in charge, directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel of the construction unit.

If a technical unit entrusted to prepare an environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form for a construction project violates relevant national environmental impact assessment standards and technical specifications, resulting in significant quality problems such as obviously untrue basic information, major defects, omissions ｏｒ falsehoods in the content of the environmental impact assessment report ｏｒ environmental impact assessment form, incorrect ｏｒ unreasonable environmental impact assessment conclusions, etc., the ecological environment department of the people's government at ｏｒ above the district level shall impose a fine of three to five times the fees charged by the technical unit; if the circumstances are serious, it is prohibited to engage in the preparation of environmental impact assessment reports ｏｒ environmental impact assessment forms; if there are illegal gains, they shall be confiscated.

If the compiling unit commits illegal acts as stipulated in the first and second paragraphs of this article, the compiling supervisor and main compiling personnel shall be prohibited from engaging in the compilation of environmental impact reports and environmental impact assessment forms for five years; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law, and the compilation of environmental impact reports and environmental impact assessment forms shall be prohibited for life

5、 Amend the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Civil Education

（1） Amend the second paragraph of Article 26 from "government approved vocational skill appraisal institutions" to "registered vocational skill appraisal institutions".

（2） Amend the term 'Administration for Industry and Commerce' in Article 64 to 'Market Supervision and Administration'.

6、 Amend the Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China

（1） Article 62 shall be amended as follows: "Civil airports open to the public as prescribed by the competent civil aviation authority of the State Council shall obtain an airport use permit before they can be opened for use. Other civil airports shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of the competent civil aviation authority of the State Council.

To apply for an airport use permit, the following conditions must be met and it must pass the acceptance inspection in accordance with national regulations:

(1) Having flight areas, terminal areas, work areas, service facilities, and personnel that are suitable for its operational business;

(2) Having air traffic control, communication and navigation, meteorological and other facilities and personnel that can ensure flight safety;

(3) Having security and protection conditions that comply with national regulations;

(4) Having emergency plans and corresponding facilities and personnel to handle special situations;

(5) Meet other conditions stipulated by the competent civil aviation authority of the State Council.

International airports should also have international navigation conditions and establish customs and other port inspection agencies

（2） ｄｅｌｅｔｅ the word 'quarantine' from Article 103.

（3） Add a new article after Article 213 as Article 214: "If the State Council ｏｒ the Central Military Commission has other regulations on the management of unmanned aerial vehicles, those regulations shall prevail

7、 Amend the Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China

（1） ｄｅｌｅｔｅ the words "work safety supervision and management department" in Article 2, paragraph 3, Article 9, Article 15, Article 29, paragraph 2, Article 35, paragraph 1, Article 67, and Article 82, "in conjunction with the work safety supervision and management department of the State Council" in Article 16, paragraph 3, and "and the work safety supervision and management department" in Article 50.

（2） Amend the phrase "safety production supervision and management department" in Article 16, Article 17 (4), Article 18 (4), Article 26, Article 27, Article 37 (1), Article 47, Article 48, Article 63, Article 64, Article 70, Article 71, Article 72, Article 73, Article 75, and Article 77 to "health administrative department"; Amend the first paragraph of Article 61 from "civil affairs department" to "medical security and civil affairs department"; Amend the phrase "the safety production supervision and management department and the health administrative department shall divide their responsibilities" in Article 69 to "the health administrative department".

（3） The diagnosis of occupational diseases shall be undertaken by medical and health institutions that have obtained the "Medical Institution Practice License". Health administrative departments shall strengthen the standardized management of occupational disease diagnosis work, and specific management measures shall be formulated by the health administrative department of the State Council

The second paragraph shall be revised as follows: "Medical and health institutions undertaking occupational disease diagnosis shall also meet the following conditions:

(1) Having medical and health technicians suitable for conducting occupational disease diagnosis;

(2) Having instruments and equipment suitable for conducting occupational disease diagnosis;

(3) Having a sound quality management system for occupational disease diagnosis

（4） Article 79 shall be amended as follows: "Those who engage in occupational health technical services without obtaining the qualification recognition for occupational health technical services shall be ordered by the health administrative department to immediately stop the illegal behavior and have their illegal gains confiscated. If the illegal gains are more than 5000 yuan, a fine of not less than twice but not more than ten times the illegal gains shall be imposed. If there are no illegal gains ｏｒ the illegal gains are less than 5000 yuan, a fine of not less than 5000 yuan but not more than 50000 yuan shall be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, the directly responsible supervisors and other directly responsible personnel shall be demoted, dismissed ｏｒ dismissed in accordance with the law

（5） Article 80 shall be amended as follows: "If institutions engaged in occupational health technical services ｏｒ medical and health institutions undertaking occupational disease diagnosis violate the provisions of this Law and commit any of the following acts, the health administrative department shall order them to immediately stop the illegal act, give a warning, and confiscate the illegal gains; if the illegal gains are more than 5000 yuan, a fine of not less than two times but not more than five times the illegal gains shall be imposed; if there are no illegal gains ｏｒ the illegal gains are less than 5000 yuan, a fine of not less than 5000 yuan but not more than 20000 yuan shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, their corresponding qualifications shall be cancelled by the original recognition ｏｒ registration authority; the directly responsible supervisors and other directly responsible personnel shall be demoted, dismissed ｏｒ dismissed in accordance with the law; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law:

(1) Engaging in occupational health technical services ｏｒ occupational disease diagnosis beyond the scope of qualification recognition ｏｒ registration of diagnosis and treatment projects;

(2) Failure to perform statutory duties in accordance with the provisions of this Law;

(3) Issuing false certification documents

This decision shall come into effect from the date of its announcement.

The Labor Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Civil Education, the Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases shall be revised accordingly in accordance with this decision and re promulgated.

The Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress closed in Beijing

The decision to amend the Rural Land Contract Law has been passed through a vote

Land Occupation Tax Law, Vehicle Purchase Tax Law, etc

Decides that the Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress will be held on March 5, 2019

Convene in Beijing

Li Zhanshu presides over the meeting

On the afternoon of December 29, the seventh session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress closed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chairman Li Zhanshu presided over the meeting.

December 29, China National People's Congress website The seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress ended in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of December 29.   Chairman Li Zhanshu presided over the meeting.

171 members of the Standing Committee attended the meeting, and the number of attendees met the statutory requirement.

The meeting voted to approve the decision to extend the authorization for the State Council to temporarily adjust and implement relevant legal provisions in 33 pilot counties (cities, districts) including Daxing District in Beijing, and the decision to authorize the State Council to issue some new local government debt limits in advance.

The meeting passed the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to convene the Second Session of the 13th National People's Congress. According to the decision, the second session of the 13th National People's Congress will be held in Beijing on March 5, 2019.

The meeting passed the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on ratifying the SCO Convention on Anti Extremism.

The meeting passed the reports of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the National People's Congress, the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee, the Overseas Chinese Committee, the Environment and Resources Protection Committee, and the Social Construction Committee on the results of the deliberation of the proposals submitted by the delegates entrusted to the deliberation by the presidium of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.

The meeting voted to approve the report of the Credentials Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the qualifications of individual representatives.

The meeting voted to appoint Hu Xiaoli as Deputy Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress and Wu Zeng as Deputy Director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

The meeting also voted to pass other appointment and removal proposals.

Wang Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Aligeng Yiming Bahai, Wan Exiang, Chen Zhu, Wang Dongming, Bai Ma Chilin, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, Wu Weihua, Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Yang Zhenwu, Secretary General, attended the meeting.

State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council Xiao Jie, President of the Supreme People's Court Zhou Qiang, Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Zhang Jun, head of the National Supervisory Commission, members of special committees of the National People's Congress, heads of standing committees of provincial (district, city) people's congresses, some representatives of the National People's Congress, and heads of relevant departments attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.

After the closing meeting, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress held the eighth special lecture, which was presided over by Chairman Li Zhanshu. Xin Chunying, Deputy Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, gave a lecture entitled "Legislative Work of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening up".

On the afternoon of December 29, the seventh session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress closed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

On the afternoon of December 29, the seventh session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress closed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Explanation on the Draft Amendments to 17 Laws including the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China

——At the 7th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on December 23, 2018

Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua

Chairman, Vice Chairmen, Secretary General, and Members:

I am entrusted by the State Council to provide an explanation on the draft amendments to 17 laws, including the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China.

  Further promote the reform of streamlining administration, delegating power, combining regulation and optimizing services, and to a greater extent stimulate the innovative and creative vitality of the market and society; To implement the requirements of "establishing a more equitable and sustainable social security system" put forward at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, and to spread the experience of the pilot reform of the social insurance system across the country, the Ministry of Justice, together with relevant departments of the State Council, drafted the Amendment (Draft) to 17 laws, including the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China, in consultation with the Central Organizing Committee, relevant special committees of the National People's Congress, and the Law Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The draft has been approved by the State Council. The main content of the draft is now explained as follows:

1、 Basic information

The 17 laws to be revised this time involve three aspects: institutional reform, transformation of government functions, and "streamlining administration, delegating powers, and improving services" reform, as well as promoting the experience of reform pilot projects. Among them, in order to implement the requirements of institutional reform, it is proposed to amend 7 laws including the Product Quality Law, Compulsory Education Law, Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law, Budget Law, Food Safety Law, Civil Aviation Law, and Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law, totaling 120 articles; In order to implement the transformation of government functions and the requirements of the "streamlining administration, delegating powers, and improving services" reform, it is proposed to amend 11 laws, including the Labor Law, the Electricity Law, the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution, the Law on Higher Education, the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment, the Law on the Promotion of Private Education, the Port Law, the Enterprise Income Tax Law, the Civil Aviation Law, and the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, with a total of; To promote the pilot experience of social insurance system reform nationwide, it is proposed to amend two provisions of the Social Insurance Law. It should be noted that the amendments to the Civil Aviation Law and the Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law involve both institutional reform and the transformation of government functions and the reform of "streamlining administration, delegating powers, and improving services".

2、 The main content of the modification

（1） Institutional reform involves modifications to legal provisions.

Regarding the improvement of market supervision and law enforcement system. One is that the "State Council Institutional Reform Plan" integrates the responsibilities of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Food and Drug Administration and other departments into the State Administration for Market Regulation. To this end, 18 articles of the Product Quality Law and 68 articles of the Food Safety Law have been revised. Secondly, the "State Council Institutional Reform Plan" transfers the responsibilities of the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) to the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), retains the SAMR brand externally, and transfers the entry and exit inspection and quarantine management responsibilities and team of the State Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) to the General Administration of Customs (GAC). To this end, three provisions of the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law and one provision of the Civil Aviation Law have been revised.

Regarding the improvement of the public service management system. The State Council Institutional Reform Plan integrates the occupational safety and health supervision and management responsibilities of the State Administration of Work Safety into the National Health Commission, and integrates the medical assistance responsibilities of the Ministry of Civil Affairs into the National Medical Security Administration. Therefore, 28 articles of the Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law have been amended.

Regarding the rational allocation of macro management department functions. The "State Council Institutional Reform Plan" transfers the supervision and inspection responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance's central budget execution and other financial revenue and expenditure to the National Audit Office. Therefore, one provision of the Budget Law has been revised.

Regarding better leveraging the role of the Party's functional departments. The "Plan for Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions" and the "Plan for the Reform of State Council Institutions" transfer the news and publishing management responsibilities of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television to the Central Propaganda Department. Therefore, one provision of the Compulsory Education Law has been amended.

（2） The transformation of government functions and the reform of "streamlining administration, delegating powers, and improving services" involve modifications to legal provisions.

Regarding the cancellation of administrative licensing matters. Article 15 of the Labor Law stipulates the approval process for the recruitment of minors under the age of 16 by cultural, sports, and special craft units; Article 69 of the Labor Law stipulates the approval for the establishment of industry vocational skill assessment and appraisal institutions, and Article 26 of the Law on the Promotion of Private Education also involves the approval of vocational skill appraisal institutions; Article 25 of the Electricity Law establishes a power supply business license; Article 44 of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly establishes a permit for the establishment of elderly care institutions; Article 14 of the Environmental Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law stipulates the completion acceptance of noise pollution prevention and control facilities for construction projects; Article 17 of the Higher Education Law stipulates the approval process for adjusting the length of study in higher education institutions; Article 19 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law stipulates the qualification recognition of technical service institutions for environmental impact assessment of construction projects; Article 25 of the Port Law establishes a license for the operation of port cargo handling business; Article 51 of the Enterprise Income Tax Law stipulates the approval process for non resident enterprises to choose to have their main institutions and locations consolidate and pay enterprise income tax; Article 43 of the Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law stipulates the approval of occupational disease diagnosis institutions. Considering these administrative licensing management matters, relevant government regulatory departments can achieve management goals by strengthening in-process and post event supervision. Cancelling these administrative licensing matters is conducive to stimulating market vitality and mobilizing the enthusiasm of market entities. The draft has made corresponding modifications to the above legal provisions, canceling a total of 10 administrative licensing items.

In addition, according to the Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Development of the General Aviation Industry, which requires the implementation of classified and graded management of general airports, the permit system for the opening and use of civil airports stipulated in Article 62 of the Civil Aviation Law is amended, and it is stipulated that non publicly opened civil airports shall be subject to record management.

Regarding optimizing services and improving in-process and post event regulatory measures. The draft not only cancels the above-mentioned administrative licensing matters, but also adds content on optimizing services and strengthening supervision by relevant government departments. One is to establish standards ｏｒ guidelines to guide and regulate the behavior of management objects. For example, Article 19 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law stipulates that the competent administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council shall formulate capacity building guidelines and regulatory measures for the preparation of environmental impact assessment reports (forms) for construction projects; Article 25 of the Port Law stipulates that the competent transportation department of the State Council shall formulate standards and specifications for port cargo handling services. The second is to carry out random inspections and daily patrols to strengthen supervision. For example, Article 44 and Article 45 of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly stipulate that local governments should establish a comprehensive supervision system for elderly care institutions. Civil affairs departments of governments at ｏｒ above the county level may take measures such as understanding the situation, conducting on-site inspections, consulting ｏｒ copying materials to fulfill their supervisory and inspection responsibilities. Thirdly, establish a negative list and implement credit management. For example, Article 20 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law stipulates that the environmental protection administrative department shall record the relevant illegal information of the project environmental impact assessment report (form) preparation unit, preparation supervisor, and main preparation personnel in the social integrity file and implement credit management; Article 45 of the Port Law stipulates that if a port operator ｏｒ a port cargo handling operator engages in relevant illegal activities, they shall be included in the credit record and publicly disclosed. The fourth is to increase the severity of punishment and deter illegal behavior. The draft has amended Article 48 of the Environmental Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law, Articles 28 and 32 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, and improved relevant legal responsibilities, and increased penalties for illegal activities.

（3） The promotion of reform pilot experience involves modifications to legal provisions.

Articles 64 and 66 of the Social Insurance Law stipulate that the maternity insurance fund shall be separately recorded, accounted for, and budgeted. The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Authorizing the State Council to temporarily adjust and apply the relevant provisions of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China in the administrative regions of 12 pilot cities, including Handan City, Hebei Province (hereinafter referred to as the "Authorization Decision") authorizes the State Council to temporarily adjust and apply the provisions of the Social Insurance Law on the separate establishment of accounts, accounting and budgeting of maternity insurance funds in the 12 pilot cities, and incorporate maternity insurance funds into the collection, payment and management of basic medical insurance funds for employees. The implementation period of the Authorization Decision is two years, expiring in December 2018. From the perspective of practical effects, the pilot experience has achieved positive results and can be promoted nationwide. Therefore, the draft has made amendments to Articles 64 and 66 of the Social Insurance Law, merging the maternity insurance fund into the basic medical insurance fund for collection and management.

In addition, with the increasing popularity of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, the resulting safety issues are becoming more and more prominent, and it is urgent to improve relevant systems and strengthen the supervision of unmanned aerial vehicles. Considering that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have not yet been put into use under the Civil Aviation Law, and there is no space for UAV regulation in the system design, in order to provide legal basis for UAV regulation legislation, authorization provisions need to be made. To this end, the draft adds Article 214 of the Civil Aviation Law, authorizing the State Council and the Central Military Commission to make special provisions on unmanned aerial vehicles.

It should be noted that, in addition to the 17 laws proposed to be revised above, we have also studied more than 10 laws involved in the institutional reform, the transformation of government functions, and the reform of "release, control, and service", such as the Law on the Administration of Exit and Entry, the Passport Law, and the Nationality Law. Since these laws have problems in the areas involved, such as the institutional mechanism has not yet been straightened out, departmental disputes are large, ｏｒ they have been included in the legislative plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and are under comprehensive revision, they will not be revised this time. The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Adjustment of the Duties of Administrative Organs Involved in the Institutional Reform of the State Council has solved the problem of the legality of law enforcement agencies and law enforcement acts in the reform process, and its implementation will not be affected if the above-mentioned laws are not revised temporarily. In the future, the amendment needs of individual departments will be gradually solved according to the legislative plan and legislative plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Please review whether the draft and the above explanations are appropriate.